Square Enix opened an official site for the Dragon Quest re-releases on PS4 and 3DS in Japan, and we get some news about the launch of Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation, which is the only one still missing. The game will launch on the Japanese PlayStation Store and on the Nintendo eShop on August 24th, costing 1,500 yen (about $14). Alongside the announcement, we also get a screenshot comparison between the two versions of the game, which of course doesn’t exactly utilize the horsepower of the PS4. You can see the images in the gallery below, with the PS4 version first, followed by the 3DS version. Dragon Quest III, originally developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix, hit the Japanese store shelves for the Famicom in 1988, and took four years (until march 1992) to be released on the equivalent NES consoles in the United States. As usual, the scenario is written by Yuji Horii, the character design is by Akira Toriyama, and the score is composed by Koichi Sugiyama. The release was initially announced last week at the end of the Dragon Quest Summer Festival in Tokyo, and the first two games were launched earlier this week. Just today we learned that the game’s distant successor Dragon Quest XI topped the Japanese PlayStation Store for the second week in a row with over three million shipments under its belt. At the moment, while we’re getting Dragon Quest XI next year, there is no word on a localization of the… [Read full story]

Today Nihon Falcom finally announced the Japanese release date of the PS4 Version of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, that will hit the local shelves on May 25th, 2017.The game, that has sold-through 100,000 copies on PS Vita in Japan, has been majorly upgraded for the PS4 version.It will run at 60 frames per second, improving responsiveness to controls. On top of that, several visual improvements were implemented, including anti-aliasing, God rays, soft shadows, volumetric lighting, and more, displaying a more vivid, higher quality image.Improvements don’t just involve visuals. A “counterattack” system will be introduced, doing exactly what it says…... [Read more]

Today Koei Tecmo announced the Japanese release date of its upcoming Nobunaga’s Ambition game, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi.The game will release in Japan on November 30th for PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC.On top of the release date, we also get the first trailer, and a large batch of screenshots and and artwork.We get to see a few of the warlords that will be available in the game (and when I say “a few” i mean it, because there are over 2,000), including Akechi Mitsuhide both wearing his armor and in a more peaceful outfit. Each warlord and general has his own will…... [Read more]

During a livestreamed presentation from Tokyo, Square Enix announced the release date of its upcoming JRPG Dragon Quest XI.The game will launch in Japan for PS4 and 3DS on July 29th, 2017.Initially, developers wanted to release Dragon Quest XI‘s by the first Dragon Quest‘s 30th anniversary at the end of May, but they decided to take a bit more time to refine the game further.A Nintendo Switch version has also been announced, but at the moment of this writing no information has been provided on its release.For the moment there has been no announcement of a western release for the game.If…... [Read more]

Today Capcom announced that the digital version of the upcoming Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster is going to be released in Japan on January 21st, 2016.Japanese pre-orders are also now open, with a bonus including a T-shirt for Rebecca and a theme for the PS4 and PS3 versions.On top of this, the sequence of weird costumes continues, with a “cheerleader” costume for Rebecca. On the other hand Billy goes with a different kind of sexy, sporting a costume from the classic Capcom game Mercs (Senjo no Okami II) released in 1991 for Arcade, Commodore Amiga, Sega Master System and Mega…... [Read more]

Today, during the second day of the Dragon Quest Summer Festival 2017, Square Enix announced the Japanese release date of its upcoming party game Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary.The title will release on the local shelves on October 19th for PS4 and PS Vita. While many expected the announcement of a port for Nintendo Switch given the nature of the game, that did not come, at least at this stage.Alongside the announcement, several trailers were released, including one featuring the main theme, another with the opening cutscene a third introducing Anrusia from Dragon Quest X, and the…... [Read more]